Paper prepared for presentation at the 35th annual conference of the Consortium of Higher Education Researchers (CHER), Vienna, August 30 -September 1, 2023. This article is a product of the project “Research on Research and Innovation: indicators, methods and evidence of impact”, carried on by the Department of Science and Technology Policy, Institute of Geosciences, State University of Campinas, with support from São Paulo Research Foundation – FAPESP (Processo FAPESP 2021/15091-8).